Dinner tonight: Carrot and orange soup

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On a recent trip to Spain I took particular notice of the number of trees
laden with oranges. It might explain why my brother, who has lived in
southern Spain for the past eight years, made this soup so often.

When I wrote A Celebration of Soup in the nineties, it was a
fashionable choice later trumped by carrot and coriander. It is, though, a
surprisingly delicious combination, the intensity of sweet yet creamy carrot
charged with a fresh zizz of orange zest and juice.

It looks stunning too, a deep golden yellow — especially when garnished, if
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